Lead Python Application Developer - Vice President
Citi (company site, opens in a new tab)12+ yrsPuneOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 35–65 LPA
Posted on 8 Sept
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Job description
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About This Role
- Lead architecture, design, and hands-on development of horizontally scalable, high-performance Python applications and platforms for quantitative computation.
- Own technical initiatives end-to-end including planning, governance, budgeting, and ensure adherence to SDLC, code quality, and continuous integration.
- Collaborate with global cross-functional teams including Risk, Analytics, Quants, Front Office, DevOps, and Production Support to deliver critical market risk and regulatory projects.
Minimum Requirements
- 12+ years of hands-on Python application development experience with expertise in Python 3.x, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- Proven experience in distributed systems, RESTful API design, relational and NoSQL databases, Unix/Linux environments, and containerization (Docker) with Kubernetes orchestration.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or IBM Symphony Grid), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (Pytest, unittest), and secure coding practices.
- Experience delivering quantitative and market risk projects, including stress testing and regulatory risk in Market Risk domain.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Technical leader comfortable driving software engineering excellence and complex project management in a matrixed, global financial services environment.
- Strong background in quantitative computation with advanced Python libraries (NumPy, Pandas, SciPy) and risk methodologies (VaR, stress testing).
- Experience integrating AI/ML tools into development workflows and familiarity with Agile/Scrum as well as working under tight deadlines and changing priorities.